A federal appeals court on Friday appeared poised to reject the Trump administration's assertion that a federal law regulating presidential records is unconstitutional. read more
A new POLITICO Poll finds that even as Republicans promote their tax cuts and rebrand their megabill as "Working Families Tax Cuts," their message isn't breaking through.
President Donald Trump is blaming senior aides and political operatives for a faltering midterm strategy, questioning campaign spending, faulting redistricting and second-guessing candidate choices as Republicans fight to retain control of Congress, said three people familiar with internal discussions.
President Donald Trump is now operating as the chief prosecutor of the United States: he has the exclusive authority to decide who is investigated or prosecuted by the Department of Justice. This is what Trump himself has repeatedly suggested;[1] it is what his Department of Justice has confirmed;[2] and it is what the Supreme Court has held the Constitution establishes.[3] Here, we examine the constitutional, legal, and ethical constraints on the president when he exercises his power as chief prosecutor by choosing a particular person to be investigated or prosecuted.
Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we gawk at organizations that have made serious security mistakes. read more
The event is now on global media ...
Major Canadian Military Base Hit by Tragic' Fire
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Another fav video ...
Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On) (2014)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Chorus]
Leave the lights on
Cause it might be nighttime when I get there
When I'm on my way home
Leave the the lights on
Cause it might be nighttime when I get there
And I'm on my way home
...
Yeah, I remember telling that to my parents back in the day ...
OK, this vid is one of my all-time favs ...
Not necessarily for the performance, but for what the lyrics say ...
Scars on 45 - Take You Home (2014)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
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I don't know which way the river bends
But I'll follow it to the bitter end
Across that ocean, bent and broken
Just to find you my friend
Sometimes all the wheels can just fall right off
The price is too high to afford the cost
But there's no need to feel like all is lost
I'll take you home
Right through the storm to your front door
You're not alone you will never have to fear 'cause
I will always be right here with you (you, you)
I will always be right here with you
...
... Stephen A. Smith, HOUSE N@GGER ...
What, specifically, is the problem with that?
Is it the use of the "N" word?
Looking towards Halloween ...
Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween (1985)
www.youtube.com
More to come ...
Back to chaos?
Laurie Anderson - From the Air (1982)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
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Good evening. This is your Captain
We are about to attempt a crash landing
Please extinguish all cigarettes
Place your tray tables in their
Upright, locked position
Your Captain says: Put your head on your knees
Captain says: Put your head in your hands
Captain says: Put your hands on your head
Put your hands on your hips. Heh, heh
This is your Captain -- and we are going down
We are all going down, together
And I said: Uh oh. This is gonna be some day
Standby. This is the time
And this is the record of the time
This is the time. And this is the record of the time
...
OK, change of pace.
A fun tune, not chaos ...
Flim And The B.B.'s - Funhouse (1985)
www.youtube.com
It's an instrumental, so no lyrics.
Flim & the BB's
en.wikipedia.org
... Flim & the BB's was a contemporary jazz band that was among the first bands to record albums digitally.
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The group's self-titled debut album was recorded in 1978 at Sound 80 and was ostensibly going to be a direct to disc recording.
Nevertheless, 3M placed an experimental prototype 50.4 kHz digital recorder in the control room as a backup to the direct-to-disc lathe.
Because of the "direct-to-disc" setup (recording directly onto a lacquer platter) the band was required to play the entire LP side without stopping and without being able to do any editing afterward.
When the resulting acetate disc was deemed inferior in sound quality to the digital master tape, the LP record was pressed from that digital backup tape, making it the second-ever U.S. commercially available digital recording.
Since the machine used was a one-of-a-kind prototype, built before any digital recording standards were established"and dismantled within months"there is currently no way to reissue that first album on either LP or CD.[2]
Flim and the BB's recorded its second album, Tricycle, for DMP Digital Music Products, an audiophile record label started by Tom Jung. The album was the first non-classical recording to be released in compact disc format.
It was recorded on the Mitsubishi X-80 digital audio recorder at Sound 80. The disc displayed the full dynamic range available in CDs, becoming a popular test disc for this reason.
It was also the first jazz album to be recorded, mastered, and delivered in the digital domain. ...
'Serious incident' at Alberta military base causes deaths and injuries, Canada officials say
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